How A Random Shopping Trip Led To Me Having To Carry Out Simple Maintenance On My Girlfriend’s Motor Car, Including Obtaining And Adding Replacement Wiper Blades
posted in Car Insurance Savings |It was literally a couple of weeks ago that the weather was bright and the days were long and boiling, but now the days are getting shorter and they usually seem to be rainy. It was on one of these rainy days that my girlfriend wanted to go shopping; generally I would have driven to the retail outlets, but my vehicle was getting serviced at the dealers. On the way home from the retail outlets, the overcast skies started to darken and it began to rain. My girlfriend turned on her windshield wipers and all that they did was smear the rain across the windshield. This was because her wiper blades had worn out at the time and she needed some new ones. As she is a little younger than me, and I knew that they had added straight forward checks to the driving test now, I asked if she was going to buy replacement wiper blades. She turned to me and said a thoughtful gentleman would do that for her, so I got the hint that I would have to buy some replacement wiper blades and attach them on her behalf. This is when I had to ask if she had clarified the oil levels, water levels or even the tyre pressures since the last time the vehicle had been serviced, the answer was no and that was what thoughtful gentlemen were for, and at this point I relaised that I had a couple of checks to carry out on her vehicle.
When we arrived back from shopping it had stopped raining, so my girlfriend went inside to fix some food for us both and I turned to the vehicle and started work. I thought I better start by looking at the wiper blades on her vehicle makes website, as I could not get a precise oil level check from the vehicle until it had cooled down. The initial thing I did was measure the wiper blades so that I knew what size replacement wiper blades to obtain, and in completing this I discovered the wiper blades were not just ruined but they had started to break and the frames had detached from the wiper blades in many places. After we ate lunch I studied the vehicle and the type of oil that was required, the vehicle had been resting for probably an hour now and I thought I could achieve a fairly accurate level check from the engine oil, it was slightly on the low side but above the minimum. I did a visual check on the cooling water as the engine was still hot, this could have meant that it was still pressurised and should not be opened. As a result, I could see the level on the blue plastic water bottle and it seemed within the necessary level. Next, I had a look at the tyres once more, but it had to be a visual inspection as I had not got my pressure gauge or tread measure with me. After a look round all four tyres and giving them a gentle kick for good measure, I determined that they were okay and there was enoughtread still on them.
My vehicle was ready to be picked up from its service now so we went to pick it up, and on the journey home I stopped in the nearby motor parts store which fortunately was just round the corner from the service centre. After spending some time checking out all the replacement wiper blades I decided on a pair of flat wiper blades. I had not seen this type before and they did look cool and also because they were made from silicone, they came with a one-year guarantee. I also picked up a litre of engine oil, and when I returned to my girlfriends home I attached the %KLINK3% and put a couple of glugs of oil in the engine, restoring it to the maximum level. I also made a mental note to get myself some flat wiper blades as I needed to replace my wiper blades and also that I would have to remember to look over my girlfriends vehicle more frequently.